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| author |
Enola Vicic Hajdinjak
| | title |
Economic Vulnerability and Nuclear Behavior: Explaining Divergent Outcomes in Iran and North Korea
| | abstract |
The thesis argues that sanctions were more effective in shaping Iranian
nuclear policy because Iran’s globally integrated, oil-dependent economy created
structural vulnerabilities that sanctions directly targeted. By contrast, North
Korea’s largely autarkic economy, while reliant on external aid from key patrons,
combined with strong regime insulation, protected the leadership from the kinds of
economic shocks that typically generate policy change. The broader theoretical
claim is that sanctions work when states are economically vulnerable and
embedded in global markets, and they fail when regimes are insulated, repressive,
or able to shift economic costs onto their populations.
| | school |
The College of Liberal Arts, Drew University
| | degree |
B.A. (2026)
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| advisor |
Carlos Yordan
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| full text | EVicicHajdinjak.pdf |
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